HyperDic: ten-spined_stickleback

English > 1 sense of the expression ten-spined stickleback:
NOUNanimalten-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitiusconfined to rivers
English > ten-spined stickleback: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningConfined to rivers.
SynonymGasterosteus pungitius
Member ofGasterosteus, genus gasterosteustype genus of the family Gasterosteidae
Broaderstickleback, pricklebacksmall (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship

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